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37.4.2 Crime Victim's Compensation Program The Crime Victim's Compensation (CVC) Program is administered by the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ), Crime Victims Services. Its intent is to provide financial support to victims of crime within Wisconsin. DOJ is required to determine a person's W-2, CTS, FoodShare, BadgerCare Plus, and Medicaid eligibility status and benefit amount before it may dispose of someone's application for CVC. As part of the application process for CVC, the applicant must sign an authorization of release of confidential information. Agencies can release information to CVC program staff about CVC applicants and recipients only when the CVC applicants and recipients have signed a release of confidential information for the CVC program. Information that can be released is about eligibility and the amount of benefits in the W-2, CTS, FoodShare, BadgerCare Plus, and Medicaid programs. 37.4.3 Subpoenas and Records Requests If a court issues a subpoena for a case record or for any agency representative to testify concerning an applicant or member, the IM Agency must inform the court of the applicable statutory provisions, policies, and regulations restricting disclosure of information. This page last updated in Release Number: 23-02 Release Date: 04/17/2023 Effective Date: 04/17/2023 37.5 Prohibited Disclosure Examples in which disclosure is prohibited are: 1. Requests from an official not connected with the agency for privileged information. 2. Requests from private persons for case information frequently related to business or personal matters, such as the collection of bills from the recipient. 3. IM agencies are not authorized to provide information about the receipt of benefits or the dollar amount of those benefits to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the U.S. State Department, or immigration judges unless that information will assist Wisconsin in collecting outstanding debts. Even if the request is for documentation of the amount of benefits received, this information is not to be released as the disclosure is not directly connected to the administration of the program about which information is requested. This page last updated in Release Number: 23-02 Release Date: 04/17/2023 Effective Date: 04/17/2023 37.6 Data Exchanges 37.6.1 Data Exchanges Introduction CWW Data Exchanges provide query access to databases that store employment information, unemployment income, and Social Security and SSI income (including social security number, citizenship/identification, and Medicare verification).